Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Arran | | On the Frith of Clyde | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | ARRAN! a single-crested Teneriffe, | |
| A St. Helena next,—in shape and hue | |
| Varying her crowded peaks and ridges blue; | |
| Who but must covet a cloud-seat, or skiff | |
| Built for the air, or wingéd Hippogriff, | 5 |
| That he might fly, where no one could pursue, | |
| From this dull monster and her sooty crew; | |
| And, as a god, light on thy topmost cliff? | |
| Impotent wish! which reason would despise | |
| If the mind knew no union of extremes, | 10 |
| No natural bond between the boldest schemes | |
| Ambition frames and heart-humilities. | |
| Beneath stern mountains many a soft vale lies, | |
| And lofty springs give birth to lowly streams. | | | | |
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